Schizophrenia: the Positive Perspective : Explorations at the Outer Reaches of Human Experience

This fully revised second edition of Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective uses biographical sketches and essays to discuss schizophrenia and related conditions, providing advice on methods of coping, routes to growth, recovery and well being, and how schizophrenia can be viewed in a positive light.

Introduction: In Defence of Spirituality, Mysticism and Madness. Demystifying Madness and Mystifying Sanity. Cannabis and Altered States A Positive View. Cannabis and Altered States The Dark Side. Getting in to Psychosis: The Story From the Inside. Getting out of Psychosis: Hints and Strategies. Thinking at the Borderline: The 'Deep Music' Theory of Reality. Desmond: Comedian Mystic. Ivo: Fugitive from Crassness. Denys: Adventures in Meaning. Reflections on the Biographical Sketches. On the Acceptance and Emotional Understanding of Psychotic Thought. Issues in Diagnosis, Therapy and Understanding. Conclusion and Overview.